A great first day of competition at the Soke Cup in Penticton, BC, Canada. Only a short day of competition with only two Sunshine Coast members competing. Congratulations: Renae – through to finals on Sunday for ladies kyu grade kobudo. And 3rd place in ladies kata, intermediate & advanced kyu grade. Rosemarie – through to

The 2019 Soke Cup, 13th Chito-Ryu World Karate Championships, in Penticton, BC, Canada. What an amazing experience. There’s no other way to describe it. For our Sunshine Coast Team, it was the culmination of over 12 months commitment, training together, growing skills and preparing to compete in the highest level of competition in the Chito-Ryu

Henshu Ho 21-28 – “basic timing” and “slow motion”. Log in to Edojo to view: https://edojo.karate4life.com.au/

For our SCK members and families following our Soke Cup updates, there are Australian team members representing The Karate Institute – International, Chito Ryu Karate Blue Mountains, Chito Ryu Newcastle, Gold Coast Karate & Kobudo Centre and Sunshine Coast Karate. All Australian team members and instructors gathered in Penticton this morning for team training. Thank

Another great pre- tournament training session. A big thank you to Trond Sensei for once again coming along to share a touch of wisdom with all of us. Only a few photos today. Looking forward to all Australian Team members coming together tomorrow.

Clearing the cobwebs today with a bit of training. A nice easy pace for everyone with a couple of challenges thrown in at the end from Senpai Sam and Sensei Martin. Thank you to Trond Sensei for the Norwegian warm up and sharing a little bit of wisdom to help focus team members as they

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Check out these cuties. All of our Little Champions are often losing teeth and they love sharing these moments with us, so I thought I’d get a photo this time. Priceless Moments in the dojo… ?

Congratulations to Abby, Faith, Joseph and Bailey who were voted, “Most Outstanding Players” by their teammates at Friday’s squad session. Keep up the great work everyone!

Over these next few days our athletes will be travelling to Canada for the 2019 Soke Cup. Here are some photos I dug up of our athletes and families travelling to the 2010 Soke Cup. Good times!!! REMINDER: From Monday 22nd July – Tuesday 30th July, please refer to the special training schedule for class